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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Roam \Roam\ (r[=o]m), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Roamed} (r[=o]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Roaming}.] [OE. romen, ramen; cf. AS. [=a]r[=ae]man to raise, rise, D. ramen to hit, plan, aim, OS. r[=o]m[=o]n to strive after, OHG. r[=a]men. But the word was probably influenced by Rome; cf. OF. romier a pilgrim, originally, a pilgrim going to Rome, It. romeo, Sp. romero. Cf. {Ramble}.] To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.
He roameth to the carpenter's house. --Chaucer.
Daphne roaming through a thorny wood. --Shak.
Syn: To wander; rove; range; stroll; ramble.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Roam \Roam\, verb (used with an object) To range or wander over.
And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Roam \Roam\, noun The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill and dale. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
roam
verb: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: {roll}, {wander}, {swan}, {stray}, {tramp}, {cast}, {ramble}, {rove}, {range}, {drift}, {vagabond}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "roam": amble, bat, bat around, bum, circumambulate, count ties, cruise, dally, dawdle, divagate, drift, flit, gad, gad about, gallivant, go about, go the rounds, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, jaunt, knock about, knock around, meander, mooch, mosey, nomadize, perambulate, peregrinate, pererrate, prowl, ramble, range, rove, run about, saunter, straggle, stray, stroll, swan, traipse, tramp, travel, vagabond, vagabondize, voyage, walk, walk the tracks, wander, wayfare
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